AMEC cements bond with De Beers Canada
Engineering and consulting firm AMEC has signed a long-term co-operative agreement with De Beers Canada.The two companies have worked on various Canadian diamond projects in recent years. AMEC is comp…
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Falco fined for violation
Falconbridge was fined $225,000 after a safety violation resulted in the death of an employee at the Kidd Creek mine in September 2000, in Timmins, Ont.The Ontario Ministry of Labour says the worker w…
PDAC offers special rate Gold Demand
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada is offering a special rate to independent consultants who wish to participate in the trade show at its 2003 convention.The Consultant’s Corner will p…
Spot Prices Wed. November 27, 2002 Courtesy of Scotiabank (December 09, 2002)
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$320.70+2.50Silver$4.57+0.13Platinum$592+5.00Pall…
Exchange Rates (December 09, 2002)
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateDec. 3Dec. 2Nov. 29Nov. 28Nov. 27US$ in C$…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, NOV. 27-DEC. 3
ExchgVol(000s)HighLowCloseChangeAsia Pac ResT357210.110.070.09+0.04…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, NOV. 27-DEC. 3
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeAlcoa*N31021226.3724.4824.77+0.27…
Ashton, Soquem prove up Foxtrot property
In less than a year, Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and partner Soquem have established a new diamond camp based on the discovery of a small cluster of eight diamondiferous kimberlitic bodies on the …
Northern Labrador gets a chance to do it right Nickel, and timing
The schedule said that in early December the Innu of Davis Inlet, in northern Labrador, could begin moving to the newly built town of Natuashish, 15 km west on the Labrador mainland.Whether that miles…
AIDS summit postponed, again
A tripartite summit aimed at developing a unified approach by government, labour and business to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in the African mining industry has again been postponed.The summit was in…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (December 09, 2002)
DateDec. 3Dec. 2Nov. 29Nov. 28Nov. 27HighLowTSX Composite6640.61…
Gold demand up in Q3
WORLD GOLD COUNCILFactors contributing to reduced gold demand in the first two quarters of this year had little impact on the third quarter, according to Gold Demand Trends, a monthly publication of t…